DATE:     1/04/01
CONTACT:  Dr. Danny Roberts, (864) 656-2794
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343

Murray State grad's
dissertation cited

     CLEMSON, S.C. - The doctoral dissertation by a staff member 
at Clemson University has been nominated for a prestigious 
award.
     Danny H. Roberts, assistant to the vice president for 
Public Service Activities at Clemson for the past four years 
and former resident of Murray, Ky., is in the running for the 
2001 John Grenzebach Research Award in Philanthrophy for 
Educational Advancement. 
     The award will be presented in June by the Council for 
Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) at its international
convention in San Francisco.
     Roberts graduated from the University of Missouri in December 
of 1999. His doctoral dissertation research centered on "Targeting
potential donors from the ranks of non-traditional and traditional 
students at the undergraduate and graduate levels: A comparative
analysis for institutional development."
     While at the University of Missouri, he was selected to Who's 
Who in American Education and Pi Lamda Theta National Honor and
Professional Association in Education. He also received a Certificate
of Merit from the Media Design and production Division of the
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (ACET).
     Roberts is a 1975 graduate of Murray State University, where 
he received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in communications
and journalism.
     He is married to the former Marilou Link, and they live in
Clemson. He is the son of Mrs. Audrey Roberts and the late Clyde
Roberts. He has one daughter and two stepdaughters. Daughter Danette
Roberts Jones lives with her husband, Darren, and daughter, Kennedy, 
in Murray. Stepdaughters Julie and Alyson live in Iowa.
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